Oct. 26th……2008
Busy weekend and it went by "Fast". Dave and I watch the movie “Holly Man”
last night with Eddie Murphy (G). In one segment “G” was talking about our lives,
to enjoy it now, because we only have on the average, 75 years to live, that means
we have 75 summers, 75 falls, 75 springs… Man, after looking at it that way… so
what did I do? I worked like like a crazy lady this weekend, Ha! I have some new
earrings, necklaces and “Chevy” coming up. Not tonight, I’m too tired, I need to go
and recharge the ole batteries. Have a wonderful evening or what ever part of the
day you’re in! I’ll shall return, thank you for coming by ~ Nance
October 22th, 2008….evening
Last week Dave and I did a little hiking. I took some picture at Mendon
Ponds park so you can see a little bit of the Fall season around Upstate
New York... can you spot the deers?
Dave and Buzz Hiking the trail....
My annual Milkweed picture....
Have a wonderful evening ~ Nance
October 22th, 2008….
Writing my blog isn’t always easy for me. I’m not one to talk about myself.
With that said, I apologize for my absence. One of the things that I do know
is in order for me to help sell my beads and jewelry, people like to get to
know the artist they are buying from and the history behind what they are
buying. I’m like that; it makes my purchases a little more special.
I’ve been busy behind the scene, organizing, cleaning up my studio, and
setting up a metalsmithing station. This new endeavor will open up new
possibilities and designs that I can combine with my beads. The last couple
of sessions at my torch I’ve been working on a special request, so far it is
not coming together, which is a bummer. . So last night I decided to move
on and created some new beads. I’ve been working with dichroic glass,
awesome glass, but very tricky to work with. Being that you have to be
careful not to burn out the “shimmer”. Did you know that Dichroic glass
was originally developed by NASA and its contractors for use in satellite
optics and spacesuit visors? My next endeavors coming up will be made
with Dichroic glass.
See you soon, and thank you for stopping by ~ Nance
October 14th, 2008….
Ya know, I had good intensions of coming back here this past weekend, but
I felt I needed to stay on track and focus my concentration in the studio.
Sooooo, I got up really, really early this am, took pictures and wrote
descriptions to post today …. And here they are: Click on the pics to take you there...
Necklaces Earrings
I’ve been working on a special set of Lu Lus this past week; these gals will be
going off to their new homes shortly. Time to get a move on, back to the
drawing board.
Oh, I forget to tell you…I’m setting up a silversmithing studio. It’s a slow process,
adding new tools, silver, gold, jeweler’s torch, can’t wait to have it in full operation!
I hope your having a wonderful day and I’ll see you soon.
Thank you for stopping by ~ Nance
Oct 11th……2008
It is early Saturday morning ….5:00am, I have a ton of stuff to take care of,
but wanted to share this recent email from a friend.
It’s called the “Garbage Truck Rule”
Many people run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger,
and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place
to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work,
at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful
people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too
short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so... 'Love the
people who treat you right. Tolerate the ones who don't.'
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how
you take it!
Good philosophy, don’t you think? My kiln is turned on, the torch is about
to be lighted and I’m going off to play with fire.
Thanks for stopping by ~ See ya, Nance
October 10th, 2008….
TGIF! Sorry I haven’t been around here much. It’s been one of those weeks…
if you know what I mean? “Got to keep it positive” Right. Speaking of positive,
this is a beautiful time of year for Upstate, NY. Hopefully I can get outdoors with
my camera and capture some nice picture to share with ya. Sometime this
weekend I’ll be back with some new jewelry to post. Have a wonderful weekend
~ see you soon, Nance
October 3 th, 2008….
TGIF ….Today is my Honey’s birthday, we’ll be celebrating all weekend!
Along with celebrating Dave’s B Day we will be closing up the camper
for the winter… maybe we can fit one more boat outing on the “Well-&-Away”???
The evening temperatures have been dipping down into the 40’s, burrrr,
I’m not ready for cold weather! Can I take my camper south and park it
in one of your yards?
Here is a nice quote that a friend shared with me;
“Be happy in this moment, this moment is your LIFE”
Enjoy your weekend! Thank you for stopping by ~ Nance
September 29 th, 2008….
(inspired by the picture below)
And a couple of new earrings called; … Autumn Wind and Sun~Dance.
I’m designing a necklace to match Autumn Wind earrings; hopefully I will have
that done for tomorrow night.
Now I’m off to shuck some corn, get dinner going…. Have a good one
and "thank you" for checking in ~ Nance
September 29 th, ……2008
Is it Monday all ready? I hope you had a wonderful weekend!
Our leaves are changing quickly in Upstate New York! I’m seeing some gorgeous colors
coming about. The picture below was taken from a childhood book of Moms called
“Loraine and the Little People”. The illustration is from the artist Penny Ross. I love his
work! When I found this illustration I was compelled to make something from glass
this past weekend to represent Penny’s artwork and our current Fall season….
which I will be posting tonight ~ See ya soon, Nance
Sept. 27th……2008
“Hello”, How are you doing? I hope all is going well. There is lot’s to do in the
studio today, so I’m going to list these new earrings and then get back to work.
I’ve been in the designing stage with these for a while now, finally got them
together and really liked the outcome.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them! Have a good one,
Thank you for coming by ~ Nance
